The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-07-07

Gainesville. Tallahassee and Western Railway
was held Tuesday in the company's Office. Maj
Mr.. G,uelle was elected General Manager Of
the understandable Advocate, 3OA uh.
The NANCY journalistic ours" now have'a
President of their Association that they can
honor and respect George r. Fairbanks will
never stoop so low as to insult gentlemen whom
he should feel bound ,o appreciate for the valu-
able services rendered. caLI Free Press.
A correspondent of the Live Oak Banner
writes from Fort White that the bones OF an
enormous animal had been found in the llchi
,ucknee river Suwannee county. A jawbone is
two feet four inches long and eight inches thick,
with teeth that weigh four pounds each.
-Revs. Culpepper and Curry raised by con-
tributon over one thousand dollars for the Or
phans' Home. Of Georgia, last Tuesday night
Our citizens gave with liberal hearts, as though
there were no such words as hard times
Bartow Informant.
The rising town Of Oakland now has
paper-a large and handsome and ably edited
puper-entitled the Southern Sun. Mr.. T. j
Appleyard, favorably known in Florida journal
ism, is editor and proprietor and Mr.. w. w.
James associate editor.
The Metropolis is the name of The new and
handsome evening paper which made its first
appearance in jacksonville last Saturday.
Messrs Carter s. Russell are the editors and
proprietors, aud their ability will make the paper
useful and interesting. The subscription price
is $500 a year.
1t is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have a property
.f hecnu % ia n
not afford it, Tits stupendous curtailiny of
expenses, that! Less than four cents "A week.
Such enterprising and open handed support AS
that will foster and protect and encourage the
settlement and development of this country in
"a horn-Fort Myers Press.
Judge Bower believes that the extension of
the Pensacola s. Atlantic Railroad to Balm
bridge would be one of the best enterprises yet
thought Of 1t would benefit that road and help
Bainbridge muchly In the event of the build
ing OF the B. & F. and Alabama Midland, if the
p. & A. were extended to cambridge, Colonel
Chipley would have the key TO the situation.
Let s have the P. & A. All of the towns on
that line thrive and flourish, and for that reason
we want cambridge there too. Col. Chpley is
friend to his railroad towns.-Bt,nbrige Dem
ocrat.
MIR. Oscar Edgar, managing editor of the
Ne,cs left yesterday for trip TO the coast via
Halifax River. Mr. Edgar has not been feeling
very we'll for some time and felt it necessary to
go down to the sea, rough it awhile, take in the
salt air, go claiming, fishing and hunting, take
dive in the surf and have good time geuer-
ally. Well we know he deserves all the fun he
can get and sincerely hope he will enjoy it all
every moment and come back 10 US refreshed,
renvgorated and so fat and Drowned that it
will take a year to wear off.-Pdhttka Neaos,
3OM uk.
Lieutenant Governor Mabry made very
fine impression while here, and his manly speech
before the Convention made him hosts of friends.
Besides being a thorough gentleman, he is one
of the brainiest leaders III his district, and we
hereby nominate him for Congress to succeed
Charles Dougherty. We believe that Milton H.
Mabry is the coming man, and we know that
neither the District or the State could be better
represented. Mr.. Mabry would at once take
position in the National House of Representa-
tves that would reflect great credit upon the
State and the people-Eustis Lake Region.
Our brethren of the press gang are at war
over statements made in the press essay by Ed
itor Harris, of the Ocala Banner. respecting the
assessment and collection of State taxes. Let
our contemporaries come down to particulars,
and it will be found that the long list of adver-
tsed land is made scandalous by official neglect,
and not by the refusal to pay taxes. There will
be found wide discrepancies between the lists on
file in the Comptroller's Office and those printed
in the counties Some descriptions are repeated
four or five times. When this "blunder" is cor
rected the showing will not be so bad, and there
need be no disputes as to the facts.-Palatka